KOICHI MATSUFUJI

Solo Exhibitions 2019 COCONO Art Place Gallery, Fukui, Japan. 2019 Gallery O2, Kanazawa, Japan. 2018 DiEGO, Tokyo, Japan. 2017 Shizuoka Convention & Arts Center, Sizuoka, Japan. 2013 Gallery Cellar, Tokyo, Japan. 2010 Gallery Cellar, Tokyo, Japan. 2009 Gallery Cellar, Tokyo, Japan. 2008 Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Space 6, Nagoya, Japan. 2006 Gallery Plannet, Nagoya, Japan. 2004 Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan. 2002 Gallery Ten, Kanazawa, Japan. 2001 Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan.

Selected Group Exhibitions 2019 “ Panoramic ” Daiichi Museum, Nagoya, Japan. 2019 “ 2019 KOGEI World Competition in Kanazawa ” People’s Gallery at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan. 2019 “ BIENNALE TOYAMA ” Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design, TAD gallery, Toyama, Japan. 2019 “ The Spirit of Toyama Glass ” Japan Creative Centre, Embassy of JAPAN, Singapore. 2018 “ LYRICAL TRANSFORMATIONS ” LEVANT ART, Shanghai, China. 2017 “ Spatial Arts 2017 in Art House Oyabe ” Art House Oyabe, Toyama, Japan. 2017 “ Aspects of Glass in Izu Highlands Art Festival ” Izu Kogen Hotel Five Stars, Sizuoka, Japan. 2017 “ Contemporary Art Competition in Art House Oyabe ” Art House Oyabe, Toyama, Japan. 2017 “ 2017 KOGEI World Competition in Kanazawa ” People’s Gallery at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan. 2016 “ TOYAMA GLASS -No limit No border- ” Toyama Glass Art Museum, Toyama, Japan. 2016 “ Kohei Kishimoto and Koichi Matsufuji Exhibition ” Seto Ceramics and Glass Art Center, Aichi, Japan. 2013 “ Aichi Triennale 2013 ” Curatorial Competition in Choja-machi District, Nagoya, Japan. 2007 “ Young Glass 2007 ” Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark. 2007 “ The Fires Burn On ” American Glass Museum, NJ, United States. 2006 “ For Rent! For Talent! 2 ” Mitsubishijisho Artium, Fukuoka, Japan. 2004 “ The Another Situation of Image XIV ” Gallery Suzuki, Kyoto, Japan. 2003 “ 20/20 Vision ” American Glass Museum, NJ, United States. 2003 “ THE 90’s ” Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark. 2003 “ Cutting Edge: Contemporary Art in the Permanent Collection ” Rockford Art Museum, IL, United States.

Awards 2018 The Unizone Prize, ART FAIR TOYAMA, Toyama, Japan. 2017 The Granship Prize, Shizuoka Cultural Foundation, Shizuoka, Japan. 2007 The Holmegaard Prize, Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark. 2006 Art Cultural Grant, The Nomura Cultural Foundation, Tokyo, Japan. 2000 The Dean Alan Olson Purchase Award, Rockford Art Museum, IL, United States. 1998 The Researcher Overseas Grant, Pola Art Foundation, Tokyo, Japan. Selected Residences & Workshops 2019 COCONO Art Place, Workshop, Fukui, Japan. 2007 WAO Project, Blowing Workshop, Fukui, Japan. 2005 UrbanGlass, Spring Workshop, NY, United States. 2004 Ichinomiya City Memorial Art Museum of Setsuko Migishi, Workshop, Aichi, Japan. 2004 The Glass Furnace, Workshop, Istanbul, Turkey. 2003 Ono Art Wave, Artist in Residence, Fukui, Japan. 2002 Edward F. Albee Foundation, Artist in Residence, N, United States. 1997 Creative Glass Center of America, Artist in Residence, NJ, United States.

Public Collections 2014 Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass, Wisconsin, United States. 2007 Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark. 2004 The Glass Furnace, Istanbul, Turkey. 2003 JR Echizen Ono Station, Fukui, Japan. 2003 Samurai Residence of the Old Uchiyama Family, Fukui, Japan. 2000 Rockford Art Museum, Illinois, United States. 1997 American Glass Museum, New Jersey, United States.

Commission Works 2018 The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo, Japan. 2017 Sougawa Legato Square, Toyama, Japan. 2008 Brother Communication Space, Nagoya, Japan. 2007 Mino Kagayaki no mori, Gifu, Japan.

Bibliography 2019 “ The Beginning of the End of the World ” COCONO Art Place. 2018 “ iglass 2018 ” LEVANT ART. 2013 “ Aichi Triennale 2013 Official Catalogue ” Aichi Triennale Organizing Committee. 2010 “ 100 people of the new sculpure artists ” Artcollector Magazine August 2010 No21. 2010 “ Koichi Matsufuji/Dream Droppings ” Gallery Cellar. 2009 “ A Special Issue Sculptor 20’09 ” Gallery Magazine, August 2009. 2009 “ Koichi Matsufuji/Spiritual Star ” Gallery Cellar. 2008 “ -The Brimming Universe - / NAKAMURA, Hideki The Nikkei ” Newspaper, November 27, 2008. 2008 “ Koichi Matsufuji/The Brimming Universe ” Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art. 2007 “ Young Glass 2007” Glasmuseet Ebeltoft. 2007 “ The Fires Burn On 200 Years of Glassmaking in Millville, New Jersey ” American Glass Museum, NJ, United States. 2006 “ Gallery Review / MORI, Miki ” BT Magazine, January 2007. 2004 “ -Bird- / YASUDA, Emi ” Art Review Magazine REAR no.7. 2003 “ International Glass Art / Richard Wilfred Yelle” Schiffer publication